{"product_id":"midnight-in-cairo","title":"Midnight in Cairo","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eMidnight in Cairo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRaphael Cormack\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781324021933\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the world's most multicultural cities, twentieth-century Cairo was a magnet for the ambitious and talented. During the 1920s and '30s, a vibrant music, theater, film, and cabaret scene flourished, defining what it meant to be a \"modern\" Egyptian. Women came to dominate the Egyptian entertainment industry--as stars of the stage and screen but also as impresarias, entrepreneurs, owners, and promoters of a new and strikingly modern entertainment industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaphael Cormack unveils the rich histories of independent, enterprising women like vaudeville star Rose al-Youssef (who launched one of Cairo's most important newspapers); nightclub singer Mounira al-Mahdiyya (the first woman to lead an Egyptian theater company) and her great rival, Oum Kalthoum (still venerated for her soulful lyrics); and other fabulous female stars of the interwar period, a time marked by excess and unheard-of freedom of expression. Buffeted by crosswinds of colonialism and nationalism, conservatism and liberalism, \"religious\" and \"secular\" values, patriarchy and feminism, this new generation of celebrities offered a new vision for women in Egypt and throughout the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Midnight in Cairo | Raphael Cormack | Paperback | 9781324021933 | New | African History 1689087","offer_id":50808060641538,"sku":"1689087","price":32.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71Q_VfMqBHL.jpg?v=1792458988","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/midnight-in-cairo","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}